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9 of the Best Free Lisp Books

Lisp is a practical, expression-oriented, interactive programming language which uses linked lists as one of its major data structures. A Lisp list is written with its elements separated by whitespace, and surrounded by parentheses. Lisp source code is itself comprised of lists. The language has many unique features that make it excellent to study programming constructs and data structures. Many regard Lisp as an extremely natural language to code complex symbolic reasoning programs. Lisp is popular in the fields of artificial intelligence and symbolic algebra.

The focus of this article is to select some of the finest Lisp books which are available to download for free. A few of the books featured here can also be freely distributed to others.

To cater for all tastes, we have chosen a good range of books, encompassing general introductions to Lisp, as well as books that will help you to effectively use the many advanced features of Lisp. All of the texts here come with our strongest recommendation. So get reading (and downloading).